McCoy Claims Medalist Honors At Collegiate Challenge Cup

Georgia junior Lee McCoy claimed medalist honors in the DICK'S Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup last weekend at the Golf Club of Tennessee.

McCoy, a junior, fired a final-round 2-under 69 to wind up at 8-under 205 for the tournament, He edged South Carolina's Will Starke by one shot.

“I honestly had no idea where I was, and I had no idea where Will was," McCoy said. "I had no idea I had won until everyone started clapping when I made that last putt. I had not a clue in the world. … This is one of my favorite golf courses we come to all year. And to win out here, it’s something special.”

The win was the second in McCoy's collegiate career and it also continues what has been a red-hot summer/fall for him. He claimed medalist honors at the U.S. Amateur and had top-10 efforts in the Canadian Amateur, the Southern Amateur and the Northeast Amateur and a top-20 in the Sunnehana Amateur.

Senior Nicholas Reach followed McCoy to finish 18th at 5-over 218. The Bulldogs wound up fifth as a team at 9-over 861.

Despite Georgia's win over Louisville, the Atlantic Coast Conference topped the Southeastern Conference in the match play portion of the event. The SEC and ACC teams went 2-2-2 against each other, but the ACC had 16.5 wins to the SEC's 13.5.

The Bulldogs got wins from Reach, McCoy and freshman Zach Healy against the Cardinals. Reach topped Gus Lundquist 2&1, McCoy defeated Robert Geibel 2&1 and Healy topped Trevor Sluman 2-up. Senior Mookie DeMoss dropped a 1-up decision to J.D. Lehman and sophomore Greyson Sigg fell to Robin Sciot-Siegrist 3&2.

In the other matches, South Carolina beat Virginia 3-2, North Carolina State defeated Texas A&M 4-1, Clemson topped Mississippi 3-1-1, and the Georgia Tech-Vanderbilt and Missouri-Duke matches ended in 2-2-1 draws.

The Bulldogs will return to action Oct. 6-7 in the Swoosh Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas.

• Congratulations are in order for Wright Waddell, who will be inducted into the Chattahoochee Valley Sports Hall of Fame in Columbus next spring. Waddell was an All-American for the Bulldogs in 1983 and was an All-SEC selection in 1982, 1983 and 1984. Waddell captained the Bulldogs his senior year.

• Bubba Watson and his United States teammates will begin play in the Ryder Cup in Scotland later this week. Watson is making his third Ryder Cup appearance and he boasts a 3-5-0 record.

• Chip Beck finished 40th at 7-under in the Champions Tour's Pacific Links Hawaii Championship.

• Hudson Swafford finished 39th in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn one of the 50 PGA TOUR cards for next season (which begins Oct. 9-12 at the Frys.com Open in California. Swafford came in 25th in the Web.com Tour Championship at 2-under, while Ryuji Imada missed the cut.